We Have a Winner! And the Money is Headed to Wisconsin!

The Bracket Pool is essentially over, with little changes only with the final game.  Scott Munro takes the title in Ken Cooper's annual challenge.  Congrats to another Distance Corps veteran! You should also notice many PSU Track Alumni Golf Blog Officers among the leaders:

• Co-blogger Matt Groves in tied for 3rd.
• Morale and Laundry Officer Larry Mangan tied for 11th (and tied for 21st)
• Director of Corporate Espionage Gary Black tied for 21st..
• Official Meteorologist Tyler McCandless tied for 26th.
• Son of  Holder of the Cup Holden Smith tied for 26th.
• Other Son of Holder of the Cup Ian Smith tied for 32nd.
• Holder of the Cup Harry Smith tied for 47th. (and 53rd)
• Current Holder of the Golden Putter Che Arosemena tied for 47th.
• My dog Spott Moskowitz tied for 53rd.

 Ken Cooper's report, with highlights from me:

Quote of the night?  At about half-time of the Wisconsin v. Kentucky game, Scott Munro emailed me asking if it was too late to pay his $10.

Why?  He was the only one in the entire pool to get either of the right teams in the championship game.  He correctly picked Kentucky to not only make it to the championship game, but to win it all.  He cites whiskey and cold beer as his influences.  Congrats to Scott as he wrapped up the title.  Now it is just a matter of how many points he will win by.

The 0.01 average of picks in the semi’s sets a new record, beating the 0.08 in 2006 when no one picked the champ (Florida) that year.  Florida played UCLA in the final.

There are still a number of tiebreakers in play:

The Mid-Distance title is between Kyle Wood and Matt Groves.  Kyle has 132 points in the champ game.  Groves has 150.  They will need to run an open 800 if the final score is 141 points. (I want to see that!)

For 3^rd place, there are 5 people.  Darryl Jones #2 has 125 points.  Kyle Wood has 132 points.  Colin Heitzmann has 135 points.  Mike Golic has 139 points.  And Matt Groves has 150 points.

Michelle Lilienthal, former University of Wisconsin All-Big Ten distance ace, wrapped up the first Winner-Take-All Pool.  Michelle, let me know an address to send the check to. Shame on all of us Nittany Lions!

Interesting dyslexia – Coach Mike Morse currently in 69^th.  His son, former Colgate and State College HS (2003 State AAAA Champ) guard Willie Morse, is in 96^th place.

On to Championship Monday and One Shining Moment!

Coop    

Current		Total
Place	Name	Points
1	Munro, Scott	93
2	Lilienthal, Michelle	78
3	Wood, Kyle	77
4	Groves, Matt	77
5	Jones, Darryl #2	77
6	Heitzmann, Colin	77
7	Golic, Mike	77
8	Gross, Michael	76
9	Jim, Noisy	75
10	COOPER, KYLE	75
11	Watson, Luke	73
12	Mangan, Larry	73
13	Oliver, Steve	73
14	Hutz, M	73
15	Solo, Hope	73
16	Gifford, Bob	72
17	Johnson, Tim	72
18	Weaver, JudyLynn	72
19	Vitale, Dick	72
20	Sports Illustrated	72
21	Haywood, Mark	71
22	Black, Gary	71
23	Mangan, Larry 2	71
24	Cipro, Christopher	71
25	Prann, Richard	71
26	McCandless, Tyler	70
27	Barbella. John	70
28	Cain,Corey	70
29	Smith, Holden	70
30	Dadagian, Jen	70
31	Hardyk, Drew	70
32	Caldwell, Ryan	69
33	Angelo, Peter	69
34	Hall, Hartranft	69
35	Smith, Ian	69
36	Murphy, Patrick	69
37	Walter, Anne	68
38	Hall, Ricardo (Billion Dollar)	68
39	O'Brien, Kevin Kelly, Jr.	68
40	Hamer, Bob	68
41	Noballs, Uhaff	68
42	Cramer, Jim	68
43	Elliott, Lance	67
44	Obama, Barack	67
45	Cooper, Kevin	66
46	Wimmer, Mark	66
47	Smith, Harry #2	65
48	Arosemena, Che	65
49	O'Reilly, Aidan	65
50	Cole, Jason	65
51	Miller, Kristin	65
52	Bilas, Jay	65
53	Smith, Harry	64
54	O'Brien, Kevin Kelly	64
55	Moskowitz, Spott	64
56	Garrison, Chris	64
57	Roth, Andy	64
58	Huet, Thomas	64
59	Peterson, Adrian	64
60	Parker, Candace	64
61	Cooper, Kathleen	63
62	Smith, Janel	63
63	Cooper, Ken	62
64	Caldwell, R.B.	62
65	Licari, Danielle	62
66	Pruitt, Christopher	62
67	Anderson, Mark	62
68	Bisko, Matt	62
69	Morse, Coach Mike	62
70	Cannon, Mai	62
71	crash von crash	61
72	Will, Sean	61
73	Kletter, Ekaterina	61
74	Konzal, Sean (2)	60
75	Crescenzi, Noah	60
76	Ferguson, Bilé	60
77	Strandberg, David	60
78	Snake	60
79	Coach Groves	60
80	Whittaker, Bill	59
81	Miller, Keith	59
82	Cain,Corey #2	59
83	Dubya, G	58
84	Oppenheimer, Hank	58
85	Berseth, Kyle	58
86	Walter, Doug	57
87	Caldwell, Sean	57
88	Radzwich, Bob	57
89	Stewart, Zeb	57
90	Jackson, Jayson	57
91	Bisko III, Tom	57
92	Cooper, Maddie	57
93	Curry, Steph	56
94	Jones, Darryl	55
95	Bisko, Tom	55
96	Morse, Big Willie	55
97	Cannon, Marshall	54
98	Venne, Lisa	54
99	Boyer, Brian	54
100	Haushalter, David	54
101	McCarthy, Dennis	54
102	Kimmel, Jimmy	53
103	Hall, Ricardo	52
104	Adkins, Jeff	52
105	Wintersteen, Kyle	52
106	Garrison, Chris #2	52
107	Weaver, Carla	51
108	O'Reilly, Annalena	51
109	Kletter, Todd	50
110	Rupe, Mark	49
111	Konzal, Sean	49
112	Cooper, Lily	49
113	Clinton, Joe	47
114	Whitfield,Kim & Monterella ,Jennifer	47
115	Fraysier, Jason	47
116	Verhoeven, Nick	46
117	McCann, Ian	45
118	Riter, Christie	45
119	Novak, Jay	42
120	Ancharski, Frank	40
121	Marshall, Colin	32
122	Hall, Lauren	30
123	Radzwich, Maddi	29
124	Oliver, Owen	29
125	KUNETZ, DAN	7
126	Cooper, Avery	5

Ken Cooper